Click thumbnails for a bigger view. Once green light is given, it is time to create the individual elements. First a picture of my hand is taken (unfortunately I do not have a budget to hire a hand model, so I have to make do with my own hand) and it is taken to Photoshop for cropping and adding some simple efx. During the process, the editor thought the hand used within the graphic is too fat, so I have to “tweak” it in PS again.

The efx are just creating high contrast and adding color half tones… which is very ez to do within PS. Next is to create the game machine. I am using the Game Gear as an example. There is nothing special to the process, just simple airbrushing and drawing the individual elements.

It may look tedious but if you can do it fast enough it may not be the case. Using the same method I went ahead to create the gadget illustrations for PSP4 Go and Game Watch. Yes I have fun and I used references from pictures I found on the internet.

I am going to skip to the final illustrations.

These are the final illustrations. Different color schemes and graphic designs are used for different mobile gaming gadgets.

Thank you for reading.

Character Design for the various mobile OS.

Jan and April 2010 Issues

These projects have been fun and allowed me to explore a variety of digital styles.

Hokkien Mee Craze

Dunno really know what has gotten into me but I am crazy for Fried Hokkien Mee lately.  Hokkien mee is fried noodles in Hokkien (Fu Jian) style – also called 福建面 in Chinese and is one dish served mainly in South East Asia, or just Singapore alone. According to Wikipedia:
There are two types of Hokkien mee: Hokkien hae mee and Hokkien char mee. Hokkien hae mee (Hokkien prawn noodles) is commonly served in Penang and Singapore while Hokkien char mee (Hokkien fried noodles) is commonly served in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley. The dish commonly referred to as “Hokkien mee”, depending on the locality, can mean either Hokkien hae mee or Hokkien char mee. For example, Hokkien mee in Kuala Lumpur refers to Hokkien char mee.

Most places serve good Hokkien Mee, but my favorite is from Joo Chiat, and Kopitiam Food Court, and some Food Republic! You need to try some my international friends!!

MAO

Game & Watch

PSP Go

Game Gear

Cover Design

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What an exciting month!

CNY Selfportrait

What do I think about the Lunar New Year? Well, I think it sucks… but maybe not for 2010. This year would be great not because it is the year of the Tiger or Tigger, but just because it is the year of 2010, a new decade. Every other lunar new year sucks but not this year.

Drawing myself

I basically need a character that represents me well, and that is easy and quick to draw. Here’s the process and a page of the doodle. I would keep doing it until I find one that works well and when I could simply draw one without looking at any reference — like committing to memory sort of thing.

Character Design Process
Watch my very first Character Design Process video!!

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Quick sketch using Flash CS3

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